What did Jane Austen see in Henrietta Street?

Talk by Professor Jocelyn Harris

Sunday, March 31, 2019

1:30 to 4:30 PM

CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

MAYFIELD BRANCH

Large Meeting Room

Library opens for setup at 1:00 PM

During Austen’s lifetime, caricatures were widely produced and were displayed in printshop windows in London and the provinces, printed in newspapers, shared in portfolios and used to decorate all manner of accessories. The caricaturists offered biting satire to an eager audience, and they applied their harshest wit to the Royal family. What caricatures would Jane Austen have seen, and how did they influence her writing?

Dr. Jocelyn Harris

About our Presenter
Dr. Harris, professor emerita at the University of Otago, New Zealand, publishes extensively on eighteenth century literature. Her 2007 book, A Revolution Almost Beyond Expression: Jane Austen’s Persuasion, became a “must-read, must-have” addition to the home library of Austen fans and scholars. In her latest, Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen (Bucknell University Press, 2017), Dr. Harris provides examples of the resources Austen found in her private life to acquire intimate knowledge of popular and political culture and the behavior (and misbehavior) of celebrities of her time. Harris also shows how Austen’s celebrity-watching and political observation fed into the satire that weaves through her novels.

“How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!” Persuasion, Ch. 2.

Join us for lunch and a very special day with Jane Austen at our kick-off meeting for the 2018-2019 year.

As we continue to celebrate 200 years of Jane Austen’s masterpiece Persuasion, we meet Jane Austen in the midst of her final performance, and hear her reminiscences of a life well-spent.

Actor Deb Miller brings historical women to life by combining her delightful performing talents with scrupulous research. Deb brings an intimate understanding of Austen through her own letters and works, combined with meticulous historically accurate costume and mannerisms to this stirring performance. Presentation is followed by a cozy question and answer period.

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2018 AGM PREVIEW!

As a special treat at our September meeting, we will have a preview of a Breakout Session from the upcoming 2018 AGM in Kansas City. Our own member Randi Pahlau will be speaking on “The Cobb as Anchor against Eternal Ruin: The Influence of Lyme’s Cobb on the Renewal of Anne and Wentworth’s Love” (Breakout Session B5 in the AGM schedule). Randi is an Assistant Professor of English at Malone University in Canton, Ohio where she teaches and researches British Literature, primarily Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and World Literature. She is also a hard-working volunteer leader of our JASNA ONC Region.

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